Combination ash tray and pipe cleaner



April 23, 1935. I M. sussMAN COMBINATION ASH TRAY AND PIPE CLEANER Original Filed Jan. 8, 1951 INVENTOR Morr 's-Sus man,

BY I

WXMZ ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 1935 UNITED STATES COMBINATION ASH TRAY AND PIPE CLEANER Morris s, Bronx, N-

Application January 8, 1931, Serial No. 507,354 Renewed September 13, 1934 5 Claims.

This invention relates to ash receivers and to pipe cleaners and has for its main object to provide a device which offers a combination of the two.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device for cleaning pipes which will have combined therewith means to r'eceive the ashes, dirt, refuse, removed from the pipe so as to makesuch operations clean and hygienic.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a sectional elevation of an ash tray combined with a pipe reamer and showing the application of a pipe thereto, while Fig. 2 is a partly sectional elevation of another embodiment of my invention in which the ash receiver and pipe cleaner are covered by a rotatable hollow top.

Referring now to the drawing by characters of reference the numeral it indicates an ash receiver of any convenient design having a bottom M and the side wall l2 and an upper rim or edge i3. In the embodiment shown the side wall is comparatively high, but my device may be employed with ash trays of any size wall also. Into the center of the bottom of the ash receiver an upstanding post ii is secured, to the upper part of said post a pipe reamer is secured or it may be formed as an integral part thereof, said reamer having the well known construction and showing four wings it with alternate cleanfing teeth W and recesses 98 between said teeth.

The pipe is to be cleaned will be placed on the reamer i5 in the usual manner and then the receiver ID rotated around, preferably holding the pipe by its stem 29 or by the bowl until all the ashes, soot and other tobacco refuse are removed therefrom. Said refuse and removed material will fall into the ash tray and will be received thereby and it will be seen that the operation of the pipe which normally is a rather cumbersome and unclean matter can be done in a quick and easy manner and without spreading dirt, etc., on the surroundings, as has been the case heretofore. The walls I2 of the ash receiver may be made high enough to allow the pipe stem to rest thereon during this operation, though it is not necessary since the pipe will sit by its bowl on the reamer. A substantial height for the walls i2 is also necessary for better receiving the refuse.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2 the ash receiver 2! has a post 22 secured therein and ending in a pipe reamer or cleaner 23. A head M is formed around the upper circumference of the ash receiver 2! and a cover 25 of preferably sheet material and of hollow form may be applied to cover and protect such receiver on the bead 24. This cover is also preferably made rotatable around the top edge of the ash receiver 2! and an opening 26 may be cut at one place in the cover 25 adapted to insert the pipe bowl therethrough into the inside of the device, while a slot 21 may'also be added to said opening at its bottom edge to receive the stem of apipe to be cleaned so as to give a more secure position to the pipe within the device. In cleaning the pipe in this improved embodiment of my device the same is preferably rotated with the cover 25 around the reamer 23. In this improved embodiment of my device the .cleaning operation may be done in an entirely protected manner and the ashes, possible smoke, are better confined within the receiver. Opening 26 may also be used to throw ashes, cigar and cigarette butts, into the ash receiver in its normal use.

What I claim as new, is:

1. A combination ash receiver and pipe cleaner comprising an ash tray; a post secured in the bottom of the ash tray projecting upwardly therein and carrying a pipe cleaner on its upper end; said ash tray having comparatively high walls and an inner circumference several times larger than the largest circumference of said cleaner; a cover for said tray having an opening therein through which a pipe may project into the device and engage the cleaner, and co-operating means on the lower part of said cover and the upper part of said ash tray, respectively, whereby said two parts are made rotatable in relation to one another.

2. In a combination ash receiver and pipe cleaner as set forth in claim 1, said cover being of a hollow semispherical shape.

3. A combination ash receiver and pipe cleaner comprising a hollow upstanding ash receiver open at the top, and a pipe cleaner device secured within said receiver; an upper part for said receiver having an opening therein through which a pipe may project to engage said cleaning device, and co-operating means on said upper part and on said receiver, respectively, whereby said upper part is made rotatable on said receiver.

4. A combination ash receiver and pipe cleaner comprising a hollow upstanding ash tray open at the top, and a pipe cleaning device secured within said tray; a cover'for said tray having an opening therein to insert a pipe therethrough and engage the cleaning device by its bowl, and -co-operating means on said ash tray and on said cover, respectively, whereby said cover is made rotatable on said ash tray.

5. In a combination ash receiver and pipe cleaner, a base member; a cleaner proper on said 5 base member, and a. hollow pipe receiving member on said base member encircling said cleaner proper and having a recess therein through which a pipe may project to engage said cleaner, and co-operating means on said base member and on said pipe receiving member, respectively, whereby said pipe receiving member is made rotatable on said base member.

MORRIS SUSSMAN. 

